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As long as you are not dealing with cryptography or extraterrestrial signals- no, there isn't.

May 29, 2012

wissemt wrote:

It's about a research project in Translation Studies seeking to see whether there are specific translation procedures for specific types of texts ( expressive and informative texts as a case study)

Translation means to allow people speaking language A to communicate with people speaking language B. It's all about human beings, and there are no algorithms to be deciphered and there is no abstract or systematic approach involved.

Can you give us an example of how any such translation method might be superior to brains, intelligence, insight, understanding, research, etc.?

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My translation procedure consists of four steps: Read the source text.Understand the meaning.Find the right words, expressions etc. in the target language.Write the target text.

That is the shortest description possible. The procedure remains the same for all text types.

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May 29, 2012

wissemt wrote:

Hi All,

According to you, what is the difference between a translation method, technique and procedure?

As Andrzej says, four steps, but there is also a fifth step, checking and proofreading the translation. But translation always stays practical, I think most translators hate the theories which are behind it.

Do you think that there are specific translation method, technique or procedure for specific text types?

My approach slightly differs between technical/legal texts and litterature to which also belong marketing texts and advertising. For technical/legal texts I begin by the beginning and stay close to the source text, all information has to be translated into the target text. For the other texts, I feel free to adapt my translation to the target group, can replace an expression by another or combine sentences and information, the main goal here is communication. Sometimes both types occur in the same file: an informative part and a selling part for instance (our product contains: followed by: you absolutely should buy it, marketing blah blah).

Can we we speak about the existence of informative and expressive texts in the narrative discourse?

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christela wrote:As Andrzej says, four steps, but there is also a fifth step, checking and proofreading the translation. But translation always stays practical, I think most translators hate the theories which are behind it.

I haven't listed 'check and proofread' as a separate step because I include them in the 'write' step.

I don't think of translation theories. The two all-important prerequisites for a good translation are:understand the source text;know the right equivalent for each word or expression - whichever is more important in the given context.

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AM

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I suppose, that just reading, understanding the meaning and finding right words is not enough for a good translation . The essential part is analysing of the source language text, in purpose to define its style. It helps to choose the right method of translation (Word-for-word tr., literal, semantic, free translation etc.)

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